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Articles 5321 through 5420 of 12768:
- Pakistan Rejects Indian Comment On Balochistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
The Foreign Office on Tuesday rejected an Indian statement about events in Balochistan as “unwarranted and baseless”, APP reports.
- Pakistan Asks India To Mind Own Business (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
Pakistan Tuesday accused India of vitiating the atmosphere of improved relations by issuing provocative statements directed against Islamabad's internal matters and asked New Delhi to refrain from interfering in the country's internal affairs.
- Balochistan's Financial Grievances (The Nation, MANSOOR AKBAR KUNDI, Dec 28, 2005)
Balochistan is said to have been financially more deprived than other units of Pakistan. Having been raised to a province status in 1970 without any administrative and political autonomy under entrenched One-Unit System 1954-70 its leaders . . .
- Pak Army Action In Balochistan Worries India (Times of India, Indrani Bagchi, Dec 28, 2005)
After protesting against the Pakistan army action in Gilgit and Baltistan, India on Tuesday turned its scanner to the insurgency in Pakistan's Balochistan province.
- No Military Action In Balochistan: Sherpao (News International, Asim Yasin, Dec 28, 2005)
Minister informs Senate paramilitary forces active against miscreants; assures govt to take all steps to protect lives, properties of people
- It’S Good Of Shahbaz Sharif (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 28, 2005)
Former Punjab Chief Minister and PML(N) leader Shahbaz Sharif has said that he supports Kalabagh Dam, because water reservoirs is imperative need of the country. In a telephonic address to a gathering of PML(N) USA chapter in New Jersey, . . .
- What, Balochistan Again? (News International, M B NAQVI, Dec 28, 2005)
For the fifth time since 1947, Islamabad is using military force against Baloch nationalists. Indeed, the soldiers have to unavoidably target ordinary Baloch as well.
- Kashmir Solidarity Day Preparations Reviewed (The Nation, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2005)
To observe the Kashmir Solidarity Day on February 5 in a befitting manner, a high level meeting was held here Tuesday under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat.
- Arms Sales To Pakistan, India In 2006: Rivalry Could Put Us ‘On The Hook’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
The Bush administration is manoeuvring to balance possible big new US arms sales to archrivals India and Pakistan in the New Year.
- Advani Praises Pakistan For Temple Repairs (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Indian opposition leader Lal Kishan Advani, known for his role in razing the Babri mosque in 1992, lavished praise on Pakistan, and himself, for the restoration of a revered Hindu temple off the Islamabad-Lahore highway.
- 3rd Round Of Composite Talks On Jan 17: Fo (Dawn, Qudssia Akhlaque, Dec 27, 2005)
The Foreign Office announced on Monday that foreign secretary-level talks between Pakistan and India, marking the beginning of the third round of the composite dialogue process, would be held in New Delhi on January 17-18.
- Pak, India Third Round Of Dialogue From Jan 17 (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Foreign Secretaries of Pakistan and India will initiate the third round of the composite dialogue with a meeting in New Delhi on Jan 17-18 to work towards the resolution of lingering Jammu and Kashmir dispute
- Balochistan: Need For Political Dialogue (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 27, 2005)
According to reports from Balochistan, a bomb was exploded outside Police Station at Mastoi, railway track linking Pakistan with Iran through Zahidan was blown up, a military convoy was ambushed at Baker and rockets fired by miscreants landed near . . .
- India Hands Over Eight Pakistani Prisoners (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
India on Monday handed over eight prisoners, including a girl, to Pakistan at Wagah border crossing.
- As The Issue Spirals Out Of Control (Dawn, Anwer Mooraj, Dec 27, 2005)
This has been a bad week for the president. He has suddenly discovered, for the first time in his six-year rule, that in his hard-sell campaign on the Kalabagh Dam he has hit a major hidden reef that will take considerably more than negotiation and . . .
- India, Iran To Discuss Gas Pipeline On 28th (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
India and Iran will hold bilateral talks this week in New Delhi to discuss the progress of a proposed $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline and a separate liquefied natural gas deal between the two nations.
- Third Round Of Indo-Pak Talks On Jan 17 (News International, Mariana Baabar, Dec 27, 2005)
Pakistan on Monday announced fresh dates for the third round of composite dialogue with India and technical-level talks for opening the Khokhrapar-Munabao train service.
- Eight Pakistanis Freed By India Return Home (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Eight Pakistanis freed from jails in India as part of peace efforts between the South Asian rivals arrived home on Monday.
- Hong Kong’S Shaky Outcome (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Dec 27, 2005)
The Doha round of negotiations had an inauspicious beginning. The first attempt to begin the dialogue in 1991 ran into stiff resistance setup by a variety of non-governmental groups.
- Mfn Status To India Linked With Kashmir: Humayun (News International, Khalid Mustafa, Dec 27, 2005)
Pakistan on Monday linked the extension of (most favoured nation) MFN status to India with the progress on political issues particularly on long-standing and thorny issue of Kashmir.
- A Horrifying Crime (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 27, 2005)
Yet another heinous crime committed in the name of honour has made international headlines and may again give Pakistan the reputation it is trying to shed.
- Denying Democratic Right To Hamas (Dawn, Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Dec 27, 2005)
There is a fundamental contradiction at the heart of the western project of bringing democracy to Arab-Islamic societies.
- Madressah Registration (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 27, 2005)
The registration of madressahs in Pakistan is proving to be a more challenging job than had been anticipated.
- Indo-Pak Talks From Jan 17-18 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan will begin the next round of the composite dialogue on January 17-18 in New Delhi. This was announced by the Ministry of External Affairs today. The two officials will kickstart the third round with discussions ..
- Tata Chemicals In Top League Of Global Players (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
The acquisition of Brunner of U.K. will give better market access
Brunner of U.K. has soda ash capacity of two mt at three of its plants in Europe and Kenya
Tata Chem to emerge as third biggest player in soda ash after Solvay and FMC
- Pak Team To Discuss New Train Service (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
Ahead of the scheduled third round foreign secretary-level talks being held under the framework of the Indo-Pak composite dialogue on January 17-18 in the capital, a official delegation from Islamabad will arrive here early next month....
- Us India Relation To Reach New Heights As America Eyes India As A Hedge Against China (India Daily, Balaji Reddy, Dec 27, 2005)
It started with a nuke deal and is moving towards a major arms deal. India and America is moving towards a new level of bilateral relations as Bush prepares for a visit to new Delhi in early 2006.
- India May Sell Pakistan 50,000 Tonnes Sugar (Reuters, Biman Mukherji, Dec 27, 2005)
India is likely to export about 50,000 tonnes of sugar to Pakistan by the end of January, a top trade official said on Monday.
- India, Iran To Discuss Gas Pipeline On Dec 28-29 (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
India and Iran will hold bilateral talks this week in New Delhi to discuss the progress of a proposed $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline and a separate liquefied natural gas deal between the two nations
- New India-Pakistan Train Set To Unite Broken Bonds (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 27, 2005)
India and Pakistan are putting the finishing touches to a new rail link between the two countries, 40 years after Pakistani fighter jets bombed the tracks as a train darted across a desert border crossing.
- Chinese Invasion (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 27, 2005)
Even an occasional consumer in any market will notice as if every item on display has been brought from China.
- Self-Government And Kashmir (Daily Times, Editorial, The Times of India, Dec 27, 2005)
India has finally disclosed that it has received Pakistan’s proposals for self-governance in Kashmir.
- North By North-West (Telegraph, Jyoti Malhotra, Dec 27, 2005)
Shyam Saran’s ‘frank’ talk with the Nepal’s King Gyanendra may constitute a turning point in Indo-Nepal relations, writes Jyoti Malhotra
- Dilemma Of Dealing With A Recalcitrant Monarch (Daily Excelsior, Brigadier (Retd.) S. N. Sachadeva, Dec 27, 2005)
The chief of the Indian Army has invited the chief of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) to visit India, a move that conveys Delhi's willingness to Kathmandu to pick up the threads of a military relationship despite the diplomatic frostiness after . . .
- Advani: Bjp Has Made History (Hindu, ARUNKUMAR BHATT, Dec 27, 2005)
Party made India's polity bipolar
Single party dominance smashed and bipolar polity brought about
Economy underwent metamorphosis
A fully developed India brought within realm of possibility
- India, Pakistan Composite Dialogue To Be Held On January 17, 18 (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 27, 2005)
Foreign Secretaries will discuss the Kashmir issue and confidence-building measures
Pakistan likely to focus on Kashmir self-governance, demilitarisation
Talks on Khokhrapar-Munnabao rail link on January 5, 6
- U.S. Troops To Leave Pakistan In March (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 27, 2005)
American troops assisting in the relief and rehabilitation operations in Pak occupied Kashmir (PoK) and parts of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) would leave Pakistan in March 2006.
- ‘Us Reducing Military Presence In Afghanistan Soon’ (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2005)
The US military on Monday gave details of its planned troop reduction in Afghanistan, saying the total number would shrink by some 2,500 from the current 19,000 under a routine troop rotation due very soon.
- Tourism Infrastructure To Be Rebuilt: Azad (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 26, 2005)
In a major operation, Police and security forces today eliminated Al-Badar Mujahideen’s top-wanted "district commander", Waseem alias Jatoi, in Bemina outskirts of this Capital city.
- Maoists Kill Four Policemen In India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the government is committed to translate the vision of father of the Nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah into reality with a view to realizing the objectives of the creation of Pakistan.
- Vajpayee Turns 81 (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
In a major operation, Police and security forces today eliminated Al-Badar Mujahideen’s top-wanted "district commander", Waseem alias Jatoi, in Bemina outskirts of this Capital city. With this, Srinagar Police have killed as many as 14 Pakistani militant
- The New Face Of Kashmiri Militancy (Daily Excelsior, A N Sudarsan Rao , Dec 26, 2005)
After the October 29 blasts in Delhi it has now become clear that an increasing number of Indian nationals, especially from Kashmir, are participating in most of the terrorist attacks and terrorists’ suicide missions in the country.
- Where We Stand One Year After The Tsunami (Deccan Herald, William Jefferson Clinton, Dec 26, 2005)
Bill Clinton, UN Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery feels that the effort of rehabilitation will take years and the world must see it through
- Paradoxes Survive Tsunami Of Relief (Deccan Herald, Somini Sengupta , Dec 26, 2005)
Charity came pouring in from far and wide for this island nation devastated by the tsunami a year ago. But on its fragile northern peninsula, Udayarani Sebastian Pillai today lives on the cliff-edge of uncertainty.
- Indo-Pak Foreign Secretaries To Discuss Kashmir (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 26, 2005)
The Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet here on January 17-18 to launch the third round of the Composite Dialogue Process between the two countries, official sources said here today
- Disputed Durand Line (Tribune, Gurinder Randhawa, Dec 26, 2005)
The British during their long rule over the subcontinent drew three lines on the map — the McMahon Line between India and China, the Radcliff Line between India and Pakistan and the Durand Line between India and Afghanistan. All three became . . .
- Not With A Bang But A Whimper (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Dec 26, 2005)
If any evidence were needed of the poor state of affairs in the BJP and how its president, L.K. Advani, has been made a lame duck before his imminent exit...
- Indian Security Officials Arrive In Pakistan (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
A five-member Indian delegation arrived here Sunday to assess security at cricket grounds before their team's tour of Pakistan next month.
- Notes From The Washington Merry-Go-Round (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2005)
Jack Anderson’s journalism comforted the afflicted and afflicted the comfortable. Inderjit Badhwar remembers his days with a scam-busting colleague
- Trivially Tragic To Tragically Comic: Thank Goodness,2005 Is Almost Past (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Dec 26, 2005)
Another year and something always on. Too much on air, too much happening as though the world is in constant motion. Of course it is.
- Some Relief For Poor Nations (Deccan Herald, D Ravi Kanth, Dec 26, 2005)
The US was the fiercest opponent to concessions for the poor nations
- Peace, South Asia And The Kashmir Dispute (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 26, 2005)
No, is the instant answer. Some historic facts, some political complicacies, some national interests and more.
- India Unlikely To Share Seismic Data (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Dec 26, 2005)
The advanced tsunami warning system that India is setting up at a cost of Rs 125 crore is likely to be of limited help to the country’s South Asian neighbours.....
- Pakistan Bans Most Indian Tv Channels (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Dec 26, 2005)
Cable operators and television viewers in Pakistan are upset with the decision of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulator Authority (PEMRA) to bar 35 television channels, most of them Indian.
- Pemra’S Positive Action (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 25, 2005)
The cable operators of the Federal Capital have planned to shut down their service against PEMRA’s action of blocking some channels. In fact, already several cable operators have stopped their services.
- India Says Proposal Under Discussion : Self-Governance In Kashmir (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Dec 25, 2005)
Indian and Pakistani diplomats are discussing the idea of self-governance for divided Kashmir as proposed by President Gen Pervez Musharraf, a top Indian official disclosed on Saturday.
- Judiciary And Fair Elections (Dawn, Kunwar Idris, Dec 25, 2005)
The judiciary and the legal fraternity of the country have come into focus once again for a variety of unrelated reasons like the new-found judicial activism and bar elections.
- Creeping Fanaticism (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 25, 2005)
GREATER notice needs to be taken in the region of the creeping inroads being made by fanaticism in Bangladesh.
- Seeking Alien Interference (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 25, 2005)
IT is a cliché to say that Pakistanis do not learn from history. But on Friday the Alliance for the Restoration Democracy decided to appeal to “western democratic forces” to “stop” the Pakistan government from using force in Balochistan.
- Reflections On Two Military Presidents (Dawn, M.P. Bhandara, Dec 25, 2005)
I count Ayub Khan among the tragic heroes of Pakistan. Much good and some bad happened in his time.
- Thinking Of The Quaid (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Dec 25, 2005)
"You are free, you are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of worship in this state of Pakistan.” This is the assurance the founder of our country, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, our Quaid-i-Azam, gave all of us ...
- Musharraf Pins Hope In Youth (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 25, 2005)
President Gen Pervez Musharraf focused the importance of major water reservoirs to the Sindh’s future and sought Sindhi youth’s support to avert the impending disaster.
- A Healing Touch (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 25, 2005)
Two senior monks of the Ramakrishna Order hung a portrait of Mother Sarada in the West Bengal Assembly recently in the presence of legislators from all parties. It was noticed by only a few. But was it a minor event in a House that has seen political....
- Narayanan: India Hopeful Of Resolving Nuclear Issues (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 25, 2005)
Pakistan's suggestion for self-governance in J&K not clear
India on Saturday said it was hopeful of resolving many of the contentious issues on the nuclear deal with the United States before President George W. Bush's visit in March next. However,
- We, They And The Idea Of India (Tribune, Santosh Kr. Singh, Dec 25, 2005)
Nobel Laureate Professor Amartya Sen, in his book The Argumentative Indian, has underlined the significance of India’s heterodox past and pluralist present and the critical role played by our rich and long tradition of dialogue and discussion . . .
- Peace, South Asia And The Kashmir Dispute (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 25, 2005)
No, is the instant answer. Some historic facts, some political complicacies, some national interests and more. Everything is to be given a fair share if we are really serious in putting an end to the agony the whole sub-continent is in, comments Justice S
- Kasuri Hopeful Of Third Round Of Indo-Pak Talks (Tribune, Ahmed Hassan, Dec 24, 2005)
Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri on Thursday expressed the hope that the third round of Pakistan-India dialogue, to be held in New Delhi in January 2006, would take the process of normalisation forward and bring about a breakthrough on the . . .
- Saran Happy With Talks Ahead Of Bush Visit (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
US President George W Bush along with the First Lady Mrs Laura Bush are looking forward to their India visit in early 2006 as relations between the two countries are “poised for a very significant advance in the coming months.”
- Hurriyat Delegation To Visit Quake Affected Areas Of Pak (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
delegation of moderate Hurriyat Conference led by its Chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq will visit the earthquake affected areas of Pakistan and its occupied Kashmir in the first week of January
- Better Awareness (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Dec 24, 2005)
One will appreciate quite a few voices that have emanated from a meeting on "Resolving the Kashmir dispute: Options for Pakistan" organised recently in Islamabad, the Capital city of the neighbouring country.
- King Abdullah Of Saudi Arabia To Visit Pakistan, India And China (Pakistan Observer, Dr. Jassim Taqui , Dec 24, 2005)
King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud is to visit Pakistan , India and China, said the Saudi envoy Ali Asseri in a press conference he held here. Asseri was clarifying reports in the media to the effect that King Abdullah would visit India.
- New Engineering Universities (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Dec 24, 2005)
The Higher Education Commission has launched another highly laudable initiative. It has announced establishment of quality engineering universities in different parts of the country with foreign collaboration.
- Saudi King Due Next Month (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia will visit Pakistan in the last week of January as part of a four-nation tour which will also take him to India, China and Malaysia.
- India’S Bravehearts (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
The celebration of Vijay Diwas last week to commemorate India’s historic victory over Pakistan in 1971, which resulted in the formation of Bangladesh, was both a tribute to our brave soldiers and to the vision and leadership of the late Indira Gandhi,
- Cross-Border Terrorism Figures In Indo-Us Talks (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 24, 2005)
The issue of cross-border terrorism figured in the talks Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran had with senior Bush administration officials who assured him that it was a "matter very high" on the agenda of US-Pak parleys.
- Shyam Saran Upbeat On U.S. Nuclear Pact, Bush Visit (Reuters, Reuters, Dec 24, 2005)
India's Foreign Secretary said on Thursday he was confident India and the United States would be able to implement a new civilian nuclear cooperation deal that critics say could harm efforts to curb the spread of nuclear weapons.
- A Visit That Bridges A Gulf (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Dec 24, 2005)
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah as the chief guest on India’s Republic Day, introduces a new dynamic in the regional picture.
- On Israel, Still In Denial (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Dec 24, 2005)
The OIC has to come to terms with the Jewish state, says Sudheendra Kulkarni
Eloquent silence over democracy and secularism
- 2005 — The Year That Was (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Dec 24, 2005)
As it is often said when it rains it pours. The adage proved tragically true with the onset of the monsoon in July.
- Dam: Questions To Answer (Dawn, Mahmood Hasan Khan, Dec 24, 2005)
How is it that the representatives of almost all parties and groups in Sindh-nationalists, urban, rural, and what have you — and many in the NWFP are not persuaded that building the proposed reservoir on the Indus at Kalabagh would be good . . .
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